语法专项提升专题三Ⅰ.单句语法填空1．It took her nearly all week to figure it out but once she did, she realized it couldn't be more obvious.解析句意：她花了差不多一个星期的时间去思考这件事，不过等她一想明白，她就发现这件事简直再明显不过了。
形容词比较级和否定词连用表示最高级含义，即这是最简单的。
2．The concept of “Customer First”should be firmly(firm)rooted in the mind of every shop–assistant.解析句意：“顾客至上”的理念应该被牢固地植根于每位店员的心里。
副词作状语修饰动词rooted。
3．He had driven no farther(far) than ten miles when his race car broke down and he was soon behind the other competitors.解析句意：他刚刚开了不超过十英里时，他的赛车就抛锚了，很快他就落后于其他竞争对手。
far表示“具体距离”时的比较级是farther。
4．Your plan, as well as his, sounds original. But the company, I think, won't approve either of them, for they are unrealistic(real)．解析句意：你的计划以及他的计划听起来是那么有创意，但我认为公司哪个也不会批准，因为它们不现实。
从句意看空处要表达“不切合实际的”，因此应是unrealistic。
5．—Do you like this part of the town, the so–called desired area?—On the contrary, it's the last area that I want to visit in town.解析句意：——你喜欢这座城市的这一部分吗，所谓的期望区？——相反，这是我最不想参观的一个区域。
last本意为“最后的”，引申为“the least suitable or likely(最不可能的)”。
6．Retirement is obviously a very complex adjustment period and the earlier(early) you start planning for it, the better.解析句意：退休显然是一个非常复杂的适应期，你越早开始规划越好。
“the＋比较级，the＋比较级”是一个固定句式，意为“越……就越……”。
7．If there were no examinations tomorrow, we would have a much happier(happy) time tonight.解析句意：如果明天没有考试，我们今晚会快乐得多。
本句含虚拟语气，是虚拟与现实的对比，是比较关系，故用比较级。
8．It's likely that she will be absent(absence) from punishment, as our teacher has been convinced by her excuse.解析句意：她很有可能不会受到惩罚，因为老师相信了她的借口。
此处用形容词作表语表示主语的状态。
9．The doctors in Renji Hospital remain confident of a satisfactory(satisfy) surgery although there is some difficulty in ensuring the safety of both the patient and her baby.解析句意：尽管同时保证病人及其孩子的安全有些困难，但仁济医院的医生们有信心实施令人满意的手术。
修饰名词surgery要用形容词，satisfactory令人满意的，satisfied感到满意的，根据句意应用satisfactory。
{10．She believes that we have all become world citizens, due to technological advances like internet and airplanes. And I couldn't agree more.解析句意：她认为我们都因为网络和飞机这些科技的进步而成为世界公民，我完全赞同。
形容词的比较级与否定词连用，表达最高级含义，I couldn't agree more我完全赞同。
11．We can never expect a bluer sky unless we create a less(little) polluted world.解析句意：除非我们创造出一个污染更少的世界，否则我们永远都不可能指望有一片更蓝的天空。
过去分词polluted充当形容词，修饰world，意为“被污染的”。
由句意可知，应用less。
12．My brother was still studying late into the night while I was sound(sound) asleep.解析句意：深夜时我哥哥还在学习，而我却睡着了。
be/fall sound/fast asleep安然入睡，酣睡中，为固定搭配。
sound可用作副词修饰形容词asleep; soundly也是副词，是修饰动词的，如：He was sleeping soundly.他正在熟睡。
13．As there is less and less coal and oil, scientists are exploring new ways of making use of alternative(alternation) energy, such as sunlight, wind and water for power and fuel.解析句意：因为煤和石油越来越少，科学家正在探索利用替代能源的新方法，例如通过阳光、风力和水力发电产能。
alternative可选择的，可替代的。
此处作定语修饰energy。
14．Frank put the medicine in the top drawer to make sure it would not be accessible(access) to the kids.解析句意：法兰克把药放在最上面的抽屉里，以确保孩子们拿不到。
形容词作表语说明主语的状态。
sth be accessible to sb某物能被某人拿到。
15．How much better(good) she looks without her glasses! She is gorgeous now.解析句意：她不戴眼镜看起来好太多了！她现在真漂亮。
根据下句可知此处应用比较级。
16．The incomes of skilled workers went up. Meanwhile, unskilled(skill) workers saw their earnings fall.解析句意：技术工人的收入上升了，同时，非技术工人的收入下降了。
unskilled与skilled 是一对反义词，形成对比。
17．I'm sure that your letter will get immediate(immediately) attention. They know you're waiting for the reply.解析句意：我确信你的信将马上得到关注。
他们知道你正等着回复。
形容词作定语修饰名词attention。
18．It's high time you had your hair cut; it's getting much too long.解析句意：你早该剪头发了，它太长了。
much too修饰形容词或副词，表示“非常……，太……”。
19．Compared with his sister, Jerry is even more sensitive(sense) to, and more easily troubled by, emotional and relationship problems.解析句意：跟他的姐姐相比，杰瑞对情感和关系问题更敏感，也更容易受其困扰。
形容词作表语说明主语的特征。
be sensitive to对……敏感的。
20．My brother is really diligent(diligence). He often works in his office far into the night.解析句意：我的哥哥真的很勤奋。
他常常在他的办公室工作到深夜。
形容词作表语表示主语的特征。
21．I can never/not be a teacher. I'm not a very patient person.解析句意：我永远不会当老师。
我不是一个非常有耐心的人。
根据句意，应填副词never/not，表示否定意义。
22．My uncle's house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours, but it is twice as expensive.解析句意：我叔叔在市中心的房子比我们的小很多，但价格是我们的两倍贵。
“倍数＋as＋adj./ad v.＋as”是表示倍数的固定句式，此处省略了expensive后的as ours。
23．The children loved their day trip, and among all the activities, they enjoyed the horse ride most.解析句意：孩子们喜欢他们的短途旅行，且在所有项目中，他们最喜欢骑马。
根据句意，此处应该用most修饰enjoy，表示“最喜欢”。
24．The weather was so cold that I didn't like to leave my room.解析句意：天气太冷了以至于我不愿意离开我的房间。
此处是“so＋adj.＋that”的固定句式。
25．Tom does very well in computer studies and much to my joy, Jane does no worse(bad) than Tom.解析句意：汤姆在计算机研究方面做得很好，使我高兴的是，简并不比汤姆差。